On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:58:09 +0200, TP wrote: > Hi everybody, > > When using raw_input(), the input of the user ends when he types Return > on his keyboard. > How can I change this behavior, so that another action is needed to stop > the input? For example, CTRL-G. It would allow the user to input several > lines. > > Thanks > > Julien
Well I don't know about using CTRL-G. Now I'm pretty sure you can't change the behavior of raw_input() like this *but* what you do is the following: >>> from sys import stdin >>> user_input = stdin.readlines() this is a multiline test >>> user_input ['this\n', 'is\n', 'a multiline\n', 'test\n'] >>> The end of the input is marked by the "End of Transmission" or "End of File" character(which can be obtained via ctrl+D, at least on linux, I have no idea about win32) This would have the additional bonus of working with something being piped into it as an input -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list